Sports Desk: With the participation of 32 countries, on November 20, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ football world cup will be held in the desert. Fans are gathering from different parts of the world to support their favorite team. The small Middle Eastern country will be teeming with people for the World Cup. As a result, some followers of the terrorist organization IS consider this time to be the best opportunity for an attack. It is believed that IS may attack the country during the World Cup.
According to the Spanish newspaper La Rahon, IS supporters continue to communicate in this matter through Telegram. It is known that they are keeping in touch with these apps so that they can attack during the World Cup. They also have a plan in this regard. Although their messages are mostly encrypted. For example, the cleaning campaign is going on. Participate in Qatar World Cup and score goals. Scoring is open for all.
Among the terrorists’ targets are France, Belgium and Canada. They have considered these three countries as major targets. Not only the footballers of the countries, but also the fans are targeted by IS.
Meanwhile, Qatar has beefed up unprecedented security measures for the World Cup. More than 1.2 million fans will come to Qatar to enjoy the football stage in this competition which started from November 20. The host country has already signed security cooperation agreements with several countries to ensure 100% security of the visitors. Qatari security forces with partners from 13 countries have already conducted a five-day security exercise across the country.
Qatar’s local media said in a statement that the exercise was aimed at testing the preparedness and responsiveness of emergency services. On the other hand, to ensure the security of the World Cup, Turkey has already announced that they will send more than 3,000 riot police officers to secure the stadiums and hotels. Also, Qatar will provide 100 special operations police officers, 50 bomb experts and 80 sniffer dogs to the World Cup. The French parliament will also deploy around 220 security personnel to the Gulf states for the tournament.
Those who will ensure the safety of fans, including French citizens, said the French Ministry of the Interior. Meanwhile, Qatar has also signed a security cooperation agreement with Morocco. In a press release, the country said it will deploy cyber security experts to Qatar during the tournament.
